Elizabeth Catlett: legendary artist is still creating and living life on her own terms.(Biography)

Ebony | March 1, 2006| | Copyright

AT age 90, Elizabeth Catlett is nowhere near retiring. She is still mentally sharp, pleasantly feisty and passionate about creating her signature art. The years and trials and travels and successes have not jaded her heart, inflated her ego or dampened her creative spirit.

A feminist long before the word was popular, and an activist long before it was the thing to do, she dared to speak her mind and follow her heart. That led her to pursue life as an artist despite few female role models and the fact that museums in the segregated South were closed to Blacks. ...

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